acedian.

Brit.

/əˈsiːdɪə/, U.S.

/əˈsidiə/

Forms: 1600s– acedia, 1800s– akedia.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acedia; Greek ἀκηδία.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin acedia (see accidie n.), or its etymon (ii) ancient Greek ἀκηδία indifference, listlessness, apathy, literally ‘non-caring-state’ (as a Greek word in Cicero Ad Atticum 12. 45) < ἀκηδής careless, heedless ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κῆδος care, concern < the same Indo-European base as hate n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹; compare ancient Greek ἀκήδεια carelessness, indifference. Compare earlier accidia n., accidie n., and later acedy n.

= accidie n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]

accidiaOE

accidie?c1225

lethargyc1380

faintness1398

lithernessc1425

listlesshedec1440

owlisthead1440

supinity1548

lustlessness1556

benumbedness1566

phlegm1578

apoplexy1589

acedia1607

torpor1607

drowsiness1611

torpidity1614

languishmentc1620

hebetude1621

acedy1623

inerty1623

supineness1640

listlessness1646

cadaveriety1651

inertitude1656

oscitation1656

torpulency1657

sopor1658

phlegmaticness1659

lethargicalness1664

torpidnessa1676

faineantisea1684

phlegmatism1688

vis inertiae1710

torpitude1713

moonery1764

donothingness1814

benumbment1817

inertia1821

languor1825

donothingism1839

Mondayishness1850

mooniness1852

mooning1857

fainéantisme1873

sog1874

Oblomovism1902

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. 74 The ceremonies..offende the ministers and the Pastors... Many of these are brought to an Acedia by them.

1653 J. Price Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cclxxxii. 286 I live here..in little health..which hath cast me into the passio Hypocondriaca, that afflicts me sore, and (which is worse) into some fits of Acedia.

1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. (at cited word) Acedia is also used by Hippocrates in his Treatise on the Glands, to signify Trouble or Fatigue.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxvii. 522/1 Cassian, from his own experience, describes the acedia, or listlessness of mind and body, to which a monk was exposed.

1850 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 3 543 The ecclesiastical writers frequently notice this moral malady..to which they give the distinctive name of acedia.

1896 Chautauquan Jan. 427 This acedia..was a melancholy or weariness derived from aberration of the spirit.

1927 W. H. Auden & C. Day Lewis in Oxf. Poetry p. v That acedia and unabashed glorification of the subjective so prominent in the world since the Reformation.

1997 Latin Mass Fall 21/3 Given the spiritual acedia throughout Christendom, what happened can't be laid on the shoulders of the liturgical reforms of Vatican II.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acedia
释义	acedian. Brit. /əˈsiːdɪə/, U.S. /əˈsidiə/ Forms: 1600s– acedia, 1800s– akedia. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acedia; Greek ἀκηδία. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin acedia (see accidie n.), or its etymon (ii) ancient Greek ἀκηδία indifference, listlessness, apathy, literally ‘non-caring-state’ (as a Greek word in Cicero Ad Atticum 12. 45) < ἀκηδής careless, heedless ( < ἀ- a- prefix⁶ + κῆδος care, concern < the same Indo-European base as hate n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹; compare ancient Greek ἀκήδεια carelessness, indifference. Compare earlier accidia n., accidie n., and later acedy n. = accidie n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] accidiaOE accidie?c1225 lethargyc1380 faintness1398 lithernessc1425 listlesshedec1440 owlisthead1440 supinity1548 lustlessness1556 benumbedness1566 phlegm1578 apoplexy1589 acedia1607 torpor1607 drowsiness1611 torpidity1614 languishmentc1620 hebetude1621 acedy1623 inerty1623 supineness1640 listlessness1646 cadaveriety1651 inertitude1656 oscitation1656 torpulency1657 sopor1658 phlegmaticness1659 lethargicalness1664 torpidnessa1676 faineantisea1684 phlegmatism1688 vis inertiae1710 torpitude1713 moonery1764 donothingness1814 benumbment1817 inertia1821 languor1825 donothingism1839 Mondayishness1850 mooniness1852 mooning1857 fainéantisme1873 sog1874 Oblomovism1902 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist ii. 74 The ceremonies..offende the ministers and the Pastors... Many of these are brought to an Acedia by them. 1653 J. Price Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cclxxxii. 286 I live here..in little health..which hath cast me into the passio Hypocondriaca, that afflicts me sore, and (which is worse) into some fits of Acedia. 1743 R. James Medicinal Dict. I. (at cited word) Acedia is also used by Hippocrates in his Treatise on the Glands, to signify Trouble or Fatigue. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxvii. 522/1 Cassian, from his own experience, describes the acedia, or listlessness of mind and body, to which a monk was exposed. 1850 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 3 543 The ecclesiastical writers frequently notice this moral malady..to which they give the distinctive name of acedia. 1896 Chautauquan Jan. 427 This acedia..was a melancholy or weariness derived from aberration of the spirit. 1927 W. H. Auden & C. Day Lewis in Oxf. Poetry p. v That acedia and unabashed glorification of the subjective so prominent in the world since the Reformation. 1997 Latin Mass Fall 21/3 Given the spiritual acedia throughout Christendom, what happened can't be laid on the shoulders of the liturgical reforms of Vatican II. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1607
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